Hi-tech pig slaughterhouse opens in Nam Dinh

The inauguration ceremony for the biggest pig slaughterhouse in northern Nam Dinh Province. — Photo baotintuc.vn A hi-tech pig slaughterhouse meeting international standards and run by Bien Dong DHS, one of the biggest of its kind in the north, was inaugurated in Hai Nam Commune in the northern province of Nam Dinh on Sunday. The 21-hectare pork processing complex uses an automated slaughtering line from South Korea with a designed capacity of 300 pigs per hour, according to Director of Bien Dong DHS Vu Trong Nghia. The complex has a total investment of about VND300 billion (nearly US$12.8 million). Pigs will be purchased from farms within supply chains in Nam Dinh and neighbouring provinces which must satisfy Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGAP) based on four standards in production techniques, food safety, work environment, and origin traceability. The plant’s main products include frozen pork and heat-treated pork products which will be distributed domestically and exported to foreign markets like Japan, South Korea, China and Malaysia. Agriculture is Nam Dinh’s key industry with a strong development of animal husbandry, said Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Pham Dinh Nghi. Local farms raise a total of about 800,000 pigs which produce more than 150,000 tonnes of pork per year, accounting for over 81 per cent of the province’s meat output, he added. The province houses around 300 large-scale animal farms and thousands of household farms, many of which have been verified to meet VietGAP standards and recognised as free of foot-and-mouth disease and… [Read full story]